Texas Garden Spot Farm Offer Near San Antonio
An advertisement touts a 95,000 acre Texas land bundle south of San Antonio near Pleasanton offering 10 to 640 acre farms and two town lots for 210 dollars with 10 dollars a month payments. It promises rich soils, plentiful water, four barbed wire fences, lakes and artesian wells, and high vegetable crop profits from local markets.
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San Antonio
Pleasanton
Atascosa County
Atascosa
McMullen
Live Oak County
East Texas
West
Texas
Business Men's Club of
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande
Chicago Record-Herald
Co. F. Simmons
Alamo Plaza
Knowledge as Power
The quotation notes that acquiring knowledge grants power and using it empowers action. It emphasizes the link between learning and capability.
Building on Mistakes for Future Success
A quote from Robertson urges using past mistakes and failures as material for future progress. It emphasizes learning from errors to fuel achievement and growth.
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Robertson
Farmers Union urged to organize local debating clubs
The union calls for action with a push toward education and revival meetings. It stresses farming effort, tool upkeep, and productive hog operations as core duties while urging members to use off years for growth and outreach.
Union Work Above Small Differences Urges Duty
A call to workers to stay focused on advancing the Union despite minor opinion splits. The message emphasizes perseverance and unity, linking individual distractions to the broader cause.
Warehousing System Shapes Prices Marketwide
The growing warehousing and marketing system has advanced enough to largely influence prices across the economy. It remains imperfect but is a dominant force in today’s market dynamics and price setting.
Amid Busy Season Citizens Help Woman Preserve Home
A local woman seeks aid to keep her property in order during a hectic season. Neighbors are urged to assist to ensure the house does not appear abandoned.
Untitled community advice note on partnership and work
A terse, old fashioned exhortation warns a partner to find steadier work or move on to another farm if duties at the laundry and dairy are not well handled. The tone implies a call for respect and practical care within domestic labor relationships.
Farmers Union Emerges as Direct Producer Cooperatives
The Farmers Union advances a new model, forming a recognized commercial organization. It positions itself as the producer aligned with the consumer, eliminating the middleman, and aims to redefine rural markets by cutting parasitic middle layers.
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Unon
T T
Out
Beware of the on the crop prospect buying warning
The article warns readers about seductive promises of a promising crop and the risk of paying high prices for goods tied to an expected full crop. It cautions that promises are not always kept and buyers may fall into financial trouble when the crop underperforms.
Beware of the big cotton crop warns of market limits
The note cautions that world demand caps cotton price and oversupply will depress markets. It also suggests planting hogs and hens as alternative livestock ventures.
Picnic Season Fades as Locals Miss Gatherings
The community notes a waning picnic season with locals not sharing in planned outdoor gatherings. Attendance at neighborhood picnics declines as schedules clash and cooler weather approaches.
Farmers Cooperative Union aims to unite workers for progress
The text urges farmers to join together in a cooperative educational campaign. It emphasizes unity among tillers of the soil to improve personal and neighborly conditions and calls readers to get involved now.
Using split log drag in wet ground for road work
The guide instructs to deploy a split log drag whenever the ground is sloppy and muddy. It explains the bag smooths rough roads even when dry, but performs best in wet conditions, creating a mortar like jirt to resist water next rain. The key point is to use the drag while conditions are too wet to do other work.
Working Man Honored as Opportunity Arises
A call to seize chances for laborers who toil, emphasizing self reliance over reliance on others. The message argues that the other side will look after itself while the worker should advocate for his own interests and opportunities.
Oldtime bee raiser asks about changing honey value
Questioning the fate of traditional beekeeping as honey prices rise from six to seven cents to ten to fifteen in markets. The speaker notes high demand and limited supply and advises planting a few beehives to help numbers.
Farmers Union gains praise from Hearst papers and national outlets
The Arkansas Union Tribune notes broad acclaim for the Farmers Union as a growing business organization. It highlights coverage from Hearst journals in Chicago New York and San Francisco praising the union's progress and leadership. The piece asserts farmers can unite to form a strong, credible business force and dispels doubts that farmers will not stick together.
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Farmers’ Union
Hearst
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Unon
America
Thomas
Arkansas Union Tribune
The Farmer’s Tools Are Not to Be Destroyed
A writer laments farmers wasting tools and vehicles through weather after rain. He argues that destroying useful property harms national wealth and that ownership is a temporary loan under earthly conditions. He insists wealth should be used for the best possible purpose.
The Real Farmer and the Planter in Union History
A discussion contrasts the authentic soil tiller with the planter who runs a farm as a business. The Farmers' Union aims to aid genuine farmers by avoiding speculative members and frills, ensuring the organization serves its core farming base.
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Farmers’ Union
Cut Out Political Noise From The Final Count
A call to remove politics from public affairs arguing that business leaders should ignore political bosses. The writer urges focusing on quality outcomes and accepting the best opportunities regardless of political influence.
Diversify Crops to Guard Against Market Shocks
The source argues that merely expanding a single crop does not guarantee value. Diversification reduces risk from external forces or changing circumstances. A diversified farming strategy offers steadier returns and resilience.
No fall out with union over capitalism of members
The passage argues not to clash with unions over capitalist aims. It says unions seek the right thinking and living for members, not just money. It notes some members never get along, including some in unions, but they block progress.
Pea Crops Prove Best Return for Farm Labor and Land
Farmers urged to plant peas this summer as peas offer the highest yield for land and labor. The crop provides rich nutrition and can outproduce other crops, making it a practical choice for sustaining hay feeds and farm productivity.
Caring for Young Chickens in Changing Temperatures
The note warns that during cool mornings followed by heat, attention to young chickens is essential. Proper care prevents trouble and pays off in healthier flocks as conditions vary.
Organizing for Action and Community Unity
The speaker urges earnest union effort among neighbors to realize benefits from collective work. He stresses reaching a firm sticking point before acting and keeping the momentum high to sustain the collective endeavor.
Old Glory Everywhere as G A R Parade Cheer
Grizzled veterans march with martial music while a crowd cheers in Enid Oklahoma as 500 school children parade. Oklahoma City officers and Lawton delegates elected for national encampment in Saratoga. G A R auxiliary names officers and delegates. Resolutions condemn the current constitution.
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Enid
Tenven of Art House
Lrngie Kelley
Pat Cone
Topeka
Kas
Department of Kansas
Coney
Saratoga
N. Y
C. Beach
Dover
Mary T. Herod
Guthrie
Ada Stelles
Lillian Swartz
Sparks
Cora M. Brown
Kingfisher
Amanda Murphy
Edmond
Council of Advisers
Dora Vogt
Ollie Hopkins
Cement
Nellie Mears
Enid Hosts Seventeenth G A R Encampment Parade
Enid opens the seventeenth annual G A R encampment with a vast parade and gala displays. Mayor Stephenson, the city government, and veterans lead a march past the Hotel Loewen with bands, school children, labor groups, and civic organizations forming a massive, patriotic procession. Governor Frantz expected but delayed in Washington.
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Enid
Oklahoma
Grand Army of the Republic
Stephenson
Winfield Scott
Sons of Veterans
Women’s Relief Corps
Crescent Band
P. A. Becker
Loewen
M. C. Garber
Nothing I Ate Agreed With Me Lenora Bodenhamer Testimony
Mrs. Lenora Bodenhamer of Kernersville North Carolina reports chronic stomach trouble nausea and unease. She credits Peruna and Manalin after consulting Dr Hartman with relief and urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedies. The note claims many similar letters exist in the Peruna files.
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Lenora Bodenhamer
Box
Kernersville
N. C
Peruna
Counter Irritant Election Fraud Exchange
A fictional exchange quotes Senator Sorghum admitting failure to prevent fraud but claiming to have arranged defenses so the opposition's fraud would seem insignificant by comparison making it unnoticeable. The remark frames a political tactic aimed at neutralizing perceived electorial manipulation.
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Sorghum
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